Just days after cutting RB Ahman Green and LB Morlon Greenwood, the Texans will release DE Anthony Weaver on Tuesday. His $6.2 million base salary will come off the Texans’ salary cap, but they still must deal with $5.4 million in acceleration on his contract — a total savings of $800,000.

Northeastern TE Brian Mandeville left the NFL Scouting Combine last week after doctors conducting a routine physical exam discovered that he has a non-life-threatening heart abnormality, the Boston Globe reported.

Several strong performances by linebackers on Monday caught the attention of NFL team officials who attended the combine.

Wake Forest LB Aaron Curry likely strengthened his resume — and his ascending draft status — with an impressive performance Monday at the NFL Scouting Combine.

The 13-year marriage between Marvin Harrison and the Indianapolis Colts is over.

Colts owner Jim Irsay announced Tuesday that the team has granted Harrison’s request to be released, a move that will have implications in fantasy football.

“It is not a one-man race right now.” – NFL Network Guest Analyst Jon Gruden about this year’s crop of quarterbacks.

Let there be no more questions, doubts or speculation. It’s official.

The one-year, $14.6 million contract franchise tender that Patriots QB Matt Cassel recently signed was turned into the NFL today.

Former Jacksonville Jaguars RB Fred Taylor, released last week and free to sign with a team now, is scheduled to visit the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday and the New England Patriots on Wednesday.

With the draft two months away, there’s a lot of debate about which player the Lions should take with the No. 1 overall pick. Regardless of who they choose, the Lions want to already have a contract agreement with the player, the Detroit News reported.

The Jets’ battering-ram FB Tony Richardson helped RB Thomas Jones rack up an AFC-high 1,312 rushing yards and a franchise-record 13 touchdowns last season.

Now comes Richardson’s reward — a new contract.

Vikings coach Brad Childress said last week that the team wanted to bring in another QB to push Tarvaris Jackson for the starting job. That competition might come from Sage Rosenfels, whom the Vikings are close to acquiring in a trade with the Texans, the Houston Chronicle reported.

USC LB Rey Maualuga‘s scouting combine workouts were cut short Monday by a leg injury he sustained near the end of 40-yard dash.

Despite a frustrating first season with the Redskins, DE Jason Taylor is committed to improving and will return to the team in 2009, his agent told the Washington Post.

The Jaguars are near an agreement with RB Maurice Jones-Drew, who’s only signed through 2009, on a contract that better rewards his contributions to the team, the Florida Times-Union reported:

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the team could be quiet in free agency this offseason because of the potential for an uncapped season in 2010. Does that mean Dallas won’t pursue LB Ray Lewis, who is expected to soon hit the free-agent market?